Bose-Einstein condensation of metastable helium: some experimental aspects
arXiv:cond-mat/0108434 · doi:10.1142/9789812778307_0002
Abstract
We describe our recent realization of BEC using metastable helium. All detection is done with a micruchannel plate which detects the metastables or ions coming from the trapped atom cloud. This discussion emphasizes some of the diagnostic experiments which were necessary to quantitatively analyse our results.
5 pages, 3 figures